Angle-cock holder



Sept. 28 1926.

S. H. CAMPBELL ANGLE COCK HOLDER Filed August 25, 1922 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STERLING H. CAMPBELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO RAILWAY DEVICES COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF IVIISSOURI.

ANGLE-COCK HOLDER.

Application filed August 25, 1922. Serial No. 584,239.

My invention relates to an angle cock holder for railway cars by means of which the pipe will be supported and which is of such construction that it may extend to position the angle cock at any distance n front of the car required by working conditions without being unduly heavy or cumbersome, and which at the same time will be simple and strong in construction.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of angle cock holder made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a side view; Figure 2 is a front view and Figure 3 is a top plan View, the angle cock being omitted.

5 indicates a portion of the end of a railway car, as for example, the end sill. The angle cock holder proper consists of an angle plate and a U-bolt. The angle plate comprises a vertical web 6 and a longitudinally extending web 12. The vertical web 6 is secured to the end sill 5 by any suitable means (not shown), and is provided with an opening 7 through which the train pipe 8 passes. Carried by the train pipe 8 is an angle cock 9 provided with the usual cap nut 10 and operating handle 11. 13 is an opening in the web 12 forming a pocket for the reception of the cap nut 10. The web 12 has formed in it adjacent to the opening 13 a pair of holes for the passage of the arms of a U-bolt 14. This U-bolt 14 extends upwardly and forwardly passing around the angle cock forward of its body portion and below the handle 11. The ends of the arms of the U-bolt14 are threaded to receive nuts 15 by means of which the U-bolt is drawn toward the web 12 to hold the angle cock firmly thereagainst with the cap nut 10 in the pocket 13 so that the angle cock is eifectively prevented from movement either laterally or longitudinally.

As the train pipe 8 engages the Vertical web 6 by passing through the opening '7, the angle cock is held in fixed relation to the web 12. The train pipe and angle cock forms, for the purpose of resisting bending strains, a. part of the holder construction. Consequently, the holder forms a light and rigid structure which may be extended to any distance in front of the car end which may be required by working conditions.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a supporting plate adapted to be secured to a car and projecting forwardly therefrom, the forward end of said plate forming a seat for the bottom of the angle cock body, and fastening means carried by but detachable from said plate, said fastening means extending upwardly from the plate and engaging the angle cock forward of its body portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and ailixed my seal.

STERLING H. CAMPBELL; [L. s] 

